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anticensor · 2019-03-04 20:49:12+00:00

4k TV is 26.52 Gbps at 16:9 aspect ratio, 100fps.

jrockway | karma 72069 | avg karma 3.74 · | 2019-04-03 12:40:29

Netflix 4k streams are like 25Mbps at best. The US average broadband speed in 2017 was around 50Mbps. There is no problem getting 4k to consumers.

Whether or not they have a 4k display... that is probably the blocker. I have a 4k display but it's not my primary display (instead opting for a 165Hz 1440p panel) and I never bothered to buy a 4k TV, given how dirt-cheap high-end 1080p TVs are. Would much rather have the black blacks of a $500 1080p OLED TV than a $3000 washed-out 4k LCD.

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phkahler | karma 20899 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2020-06-18 19:51:04+00:00

It's a samsung tv and supports 4k at 4:4:4 60hz if I recall correctly.

linuxftw | karma 904 | avg karma 0.37 · | 2022-11-03 16:32:32

I don't own a 4k TV, just 1080p that's around a decade old now.

graypegg | karma 3260 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2023-10-17 12:52:09

Haha yeah that's possible, I don't even own a 4K TV at the moment, so I'm out of the loop here. I guess in the exact terms of how many lit-up pixels you get per second, it's the same. 15mbps sounds like some serious compression though I bet.

monocasa | karma 27236 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2019-03-04 21:04:06+00:00

Yeah. One 4k60 screen is between five and six gbps.

trendia | karma 3191 | avg karma 5.03 · | 2018-12-01 19:13:32+00:00

8k has four times as many pixels as 4k, so at the same bitrate/pixel it would be around 48mbit/sec

mseebach | karma 17895 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2013-04-10 14:49:33+00:00

A 4K HD broadcast is 40 Mbit/s. There are just very few usecases where you need anything faster than 100Mbit, much less 1Gbit.

Dave3of5 | karma 1210 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2023-01-05 03:18:44

4K for me is about gaming. The Series X can do 4k @120 fps (although most games do not play at this framerate). For me that's the main reason to go for a 4k TV.

kingkongjaffa | karma 1255 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2024-06-19 22:04:36

At least in the UK my 4k tv rarely gets any 4k content.

All of the streaming platforms offer a second more expensive tier to get the content in 4k regardless of internet speed anyway.

Pretty much 4k blue rays of good movies through the xbox is the only 4k content.

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umeshunni | karma 4701 | avg karma 3.15 · | 2022-06-14 18:08:51

Huh? 4k requires only 32Mbps. Most people can stream that on their phones

planteen | karma 2242 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2018-03-03 19:09:23

Definitely a lot of bandwidth required. 60 fps 4k would be 1.7 GiB/sec, 120 fps twice that.

3840×2160×10×3×60÷8÷1024÷1024÷1024

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shurcooL | karma 3365 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2014-01-20 00:37:28+00:00

And a 4K TV costs under $500.

mkhalil | karma 832 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2014-10-16 16:12:13

It's 4k.

kevin_thibedeau | karma 19088 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2019-12-13 23:50:21

4K only needs 10Mb.

bayindirh | karma 13622 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2024-02-05 02:16:29

That's probably because your TV is seamlessly upscaling every signal it can receive to 4K. Newer TVs are very good at that.

kenrikm | karma 1584 | avg karma 2.03 · | 2015-09-17 09:54:49

Likely HDMI 1.4, 24fps @ 4k, 30fps @ UHD. Interestingly the new Apple TVs hardware is capable of 4k even though it does not currently "support it" (HDMI 1.4, and A8 with can play 4k)

daodedickinson | karma 250 | avg karma 0.47 · | 2020-10-09 23:52:59+00:00

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balls187 | karma 6403 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2019-06-25 17:25:12